The Great Gatsby Vocab

Chapter One

Feign to pretend v

Supercilious arrogant adj

Intimation indication, suggestion n

Levity humor n

Fractiousness quarrelsomeness n

Infinitesimal minute adj

Extemporize to improvise v

Peremptory imperious adj

Chapter Two

Contiguous adjacent adj

Cower to cringe in fear v

Anemic feeble adj

Interpose to intervene v

Languid weak adj

Strident harsh adj

Deft skillful adj

Hauteur arrogance n

Sumptuous splendid adj

Chapter Three

Innuendo suggestive remark n

Impetuous impulsive adj

Vacuous mindless adj

Corpulent fat adj

Prodigality wastefulness n

Staid sedate adj

Florid ruddy adj

Convivial jovial adj

Subterfuge deceit n

Chapter Four

Punctilious meticulous adj

Succulent tasty adj

Denizen inhabitant n

Façade surface n

Chapter Five

Distraught deeply upset adj

Vestige trace, remnant n

Nebulous vague adj

Chapter Six

Laudable praiseworthy adj

Notoriety infamy n

Insidious stealthy and harmful adj

Meretricious flashy and cheap adj

Turgid bombastic, pompous adj

Ineffable inexpressible adj

Debauchee degenerate n

Chapter Seven

Harrowing distressing adj

Contemptuous scornful adj

Inviolate untouchable adj

Vicarious experienced through adj

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Chapter Eight

Redolent evocative adj

Unscrupulous unprincipled adj

Garrulous loquacious adj

Fortuitous fortunate adj

Chapter Nine

Superfluous redundant adj

Provincial unsophisticated adj

Aesthetic relating to beauty adj

Transitory passing adj

Commensurate proportional adj